Established in 2011, EFIRM is a high-tech enterprise specializing in organic sulfur chemicals and new optical materials. It has successively won national honorary titles including National High-tech Enterprise, National Specialized and Sophisticated “Little Giant” Enterprise, National Manufacturing Single-item Champion, National Green Factory, and National Enterprise Technology Center.
Since its establishment, EFIRM has stayed committed to the circular economy and green, high-quality development, following a path of independent innovation. It has set up R&D platforms in Binzhou of Shandong, Hangzhou of Zhejiang and Dalian of Liaoning. The company has undertaken more than 10 provincial-level projects including major scientific and technological innovation programs, obtained over 170 patents including more than 160 invention patents, and completed appraisal for 36 scientific and technological achievements, among which 17 have reached the international advanced level or above.
The two international standards for thiourea developed under EFIRM’s leadership mark a breakthrough for China in formulating international specifications for chemical products. Moreover, EFIRM’s independently developed polymercaptan series products have overcome key technical bottlenecks, filling the gap in the domestic optical lens raw material market and breaking China’s long-term reliance on imported lens raw materials. This realizes the green and innovative development of the whole-industry chain of “hydrogen sulfide - organic sulfur chemicals - new optical materials.